Polyphenol oxidase overexpression in transgenic Populus enhances resistance to herbivory by forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria)

Planta

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-96

  Wang, Jiehua ^a,b   Constabel, C Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forest tent caterpillar; Herbivore defense; Plant insect interaction; Polyphenol oxidase; Populus; Transgenic aspen

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; FORESTRY; GENES; PHENOLS;

LARVAE FEEDING; TRANSGENIC POPULUS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CATECHOL OXIDASE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASPEN; CROSS BREEDING; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; INNATE IMMUNITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEPIDOPTERA; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ANIMALS; CATECHOL OXIDASE; CROSSES, GENETIC; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LEPIDOPTERA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POPULUS;

ENZYMES; FORESTS; GENES; POLYPHENOLS; POPULUS;

INSECTA; MALACOSOMA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA; POPULUS; POPULUS ALBA; POPULUS BALSAMIFERA SUBSP. TRICHOCARPA; POPULUS BEROLINENSIS; POPULUS DELTOIDES; POPULUS TREMULA;

EID: 7044238819     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1327-1     Document Type: Article

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